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Boris Yeltsin may be forced out of office tomorrow when the Congress of People's Deputies meets in a special session. WILLIAM TAUBMAN, a political science professor at Amherst College, was in Russia this January, and has visited the beleaguered country five times in the last 18 months. He talks about the current chaotic state of Russian politics

Cinematographer GARRETT BROWN, who in 1978 won an Oscar for his invention of the Steadicam, a camera-suspension system that eliminates the jiggle in hand-held shots. His shots are striking; They include scenes from "Rocky," running up the stairs of the Philadelphia Art Museum, in "The Shining", when the young child is chased through the garden maze, and from "Return of the Jedi" the speeder-bike chases. BROWN also invented the Skycam, a process whereby a camera is suspended by cables over a large span, like at a football field.

2: DAVID DELLINGER is a long-time peace activist, editor and author. He was jailed for civil disobedience a generation before Daniel and Philip Berrigan. He was part of the "Chicago Seven," the group of seven antiwar demonstrators at the 1968 Democratic National Convention which erupted into violence between demonstrators and police. DELLINGER has written six books. His latest is an account of his spiritual journey, "Fram Yale to Jail." (Pantheon).

We remember writer BRUCE CHATWIN, one of the most influential travel writers of his generation. CHATWIN died five years ago from a rare bone marrow disease he contracted while in China. He was 48 years old. CHATWIN spent over 20 years exploring the people and geography of the world. His 1978 travel book "In Patagonia" chronicled his solitary journey through South America. His last novel Utz was set in the art world. (RE-BROADCAST of show first aired 9/10/87)Writer TRACY JOHNSTON. JOHNSTON is the author of "Shooting the Boh: a Woman's Voyage Down the Wildest River in Borneo" (Vintage Books), which isd now inm its eighth printing. The book is not only an account of her adventure going down the river dealing with leeches, waterfalls, foot rot, and moldy clothes, but about her own realization that the hot flashes she was feeling in the middle of the night weren't the steamy jungle but the onset of menopause. Amy Tan described JOHNSTON as being "as hilariously observant of her own tics and wrinkles as she is of . (RE-BROADCAST of show first aired 1/

ock critic KEN TUCKER reviews the new album by David Byrne, called "David Byrne," (Luakabop

ANNE and her son PATRICK MAGUIRE were part of the Maguire Seven, the family who was wrongfully arrested in 1974 on suspicion of manufacturing bombs for the Irish Republican Army. The family was tortured, tried, convicted, and jailed, and was not reunited for eleven years. ANNE spent eight years in prison, in what Sir John May called the "worst miscarriage of justice I have ever seen." PATRICK spent four years in prison after being convicted at the age of 13. ANNE MAGUIRE has written a book about their experience, "Miscarriage of Justice: An Irish Family's Story of Wrongful Conviction as IRA Terrorists" (Roberts Rinehart Publishers).

2: Former Cardinals' pitcher BOB GIBSON was a record-breaking baseball player in the 1960's, and was inducted into the baseball Hall of Fame in 1981. He's just written his autobiography, which explores his rise from the Omaha projects to the major leagues, and being an early black ballplayer. The book is "Stranger to the Game" (Viking).

LIONEL DAHMER is the father of serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer, who committed some of the most ghastly crimes imaginable. LIONEL has written a new memoir about his life with his son, "A Father's Story." (William Morrow), in which he tries to understand what happened to his son, and how he could turn into such a monster.

2: Two segments: 1) Pro-life activist HELEN ALVARE (AL-va-ray). Alvare is an attorney who is Director of Planning and Information for Pro-Life Activities at the National Conference of Catholic Bishops. She talks about the pro-life movement is re-grouping in light of the new Administration in Washington. Alvare considers herself an anti-abortion feminist and has also worked to get pro-life women candidates elected. 2) Pro-choice activist KITTY KOLBERT. She is an attorney who argued against Pennsylvania's restrictive abortion law in the Supreme Court last year. This summer, she founded the Center for Reproductive Law And Policy to focus on reproductive rights world wide.

Poet and syndicated columnist JIM NORTHRUP. NORTHRUP's first book is "Walking the Rez Road" (Voyageur Press), stories and poems which concern the lives of native people living on a northern Minnesota reservation. Northrup looks at 19th century treaties with 20th century eyes. His work also has to do with the aftermath of the Vietnam war. NORTHRUP was a Marine who served in the war. (The "rez" in the title means "reserva